Ortiz Law Firm Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 7, 2017

Ortiz Law Firm and our affiliates take your privacy seriously. Our privacy policy applies to our website www.nickortizlaw.com, and it governs our practices with regards to data collection, processing, and usage. It also explains your choices when it comes to use, access, and correction of your personal information. By using our website, you are agreeing to the terms of this privacy policy.

We encourage you to review our privacy policy periodically. If the policy changes, we will post the changes on this page. If the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice either on our website or via email.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our use of the information you provide us, please email us at [email protected] or write to us at this address: 823 E Jackson St, Pensacola, FL 32501.

Data We Collect

You may browse our website freely without providing any personal information. When you complete a form on our website, we will ask you to provide personal information, and we collect the corresponding navigational information.

Personal Data

This is information that you voluntarily share with us that identifies you personally. It may include contact information such as your name, email address, company name, address, phone number, and other information about you. Personal information can also include transaction information that you entered on the website, information about you from the internet (including social media sites), and any other publicly available information we obtain from service providers.

Personal information also includes information about your computer and visits to our Website that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. This navigational information includes data such as your IP address, geographic location, browser type, referral source, length of visit, and pages viewed. Please refer to the navigation information section below for more information.

Special Note About Children

Our website is not targeted toward or intended for children under the age of 16. Further, we do not intentionally or knowingly collect data about children under 16. If you think we have collected data about a child under the age of 16, please contact us at [email protected] so that we may delete it.

Login and Usage Information

We automatically collect data about your computer software and hardware when you view our website content or use our services. The information we collect may include your IP address, operating system, browser type, domain names, internet service provider (ISP), the content you viewed on the site, clickstream data, access times, and referring website addresses.

Third-Party Data

Occasionally, we may obtain personal information about you from third-party sources including companies we partner with on joint marketing activities, those with which we offer co-branded services, social media websites, and other publicly available sources.

How We Use Data

Information we collect is only used in compliance with this privacy policy. We will never sell your personal information to any third party.

Personal Data

In addition to uses identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, your personal information may be used by us to:

Enhance and personalize your browsing experience.

Distribute Ortiz Law Firm content, marketing communications, or other information we think may be of interest to you by email, post, or other means.

Share informational and promotional content with you to promote the services we provide.

Provide statistical information about our users to other companies. This data will not be used to identify individuals.

Meet legal requirements.

Send you notices about changes to our privacy policy or other legal agreements.

From time to time, we may contact you on behalf of external business partners about offerings you may be interested in. In these cases, your personal information is not transferred to the third party.

Navigational Data

Navigational information is used by us to operate and improve our website. Navigational information may be used alone or combined with personal information to provide you with personalized information about Ortiz Law Firm.

Client Testimonials and Case Stories

We post client testimonials and comments on our website that may contain personal information. Each client's consent is obtained before posting the client's name and testimonial.

Credit Card Data

Credit card information provided to us is used only to check your financial qualifications and collect payment from you. We use a third-party service provider to manage credit card processing. This service provider is not permitted to store, retain, or use the information you provide except for the sole purpose of credit card processing on our behalf.

Personal Data Security

To help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, we use a variety of security technologies. Any personal information you provide is secured on computer servers in a controlled and secure environment. All personal information is protected using appropriate physical, technical, and organizational measures.

Social Media Features

Our website may include social media features, such as the Facebook Like button, social media icons, widgets, and other interactive mini-programs. These features may require the use of cookies to function properly, and they may collect your IP address and track the pages you are visiting on our website. These features may be hosted directly on our site or hosted by a third party. This privacy policy does not apply to social media features. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy and other policies of the companies that provide them.

External Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites, but we are not responsible for and do not control the content or practices of those websites. Our provision of links to external websites does not constitute an endorsement of the websites, their practices, owners, or content. This privacy policy does not apply to these external websites. Use of these external websites is subject to the privacy policy and other policies of the companies that provide them.

Personal Data Retention

The length of time we keep the information we collect about you depends on the information type (described in further detail below). After such time, we will delete or anonymize your information. If this isn’t possible, we will securely store your information and isolate it from further use until deletion is possible.

Personal information you provide is retained by us when we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so.

When we no longer have an ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will securely delete or anonymize the information. If this is not possible, we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. We will delete this information from the servers at an earlier date if you request for us to do so, as described in the "Unsubscribing from Our Communications" section below.

We retain tracking information obtained from cookies and other technologies for a reasonable amount of time after the data is created. If you have agreed to receive marketing materials from us, we will retain your marketing preferences for a reasonable amount of time from the last date in which you expressed interest in our services or content.

How We Share Data

Service Providers

Other companies and people are employed by Ortiz Law Firm to provide services to our website visitors, and our clients and may need to share your information with them to provide information or services to you. Examples of this may include removing duplicated information from prospect lists, analyzing data/performing statistical analysis, providing marketing assistance or customer support, processing credit card payments, and supplementing the information you provide to us so we can provide you with better service. In all cases where we share your information with such agents, we explicitly require the agent to acknowledge and adhere to our privacy and client data handling policies.

Business Events

If Ortiz Law Firm (or our assets) is acquired by another company, whether by merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or otherwise, that company will receive all information gathered by Ortiz Law Firm from the website. In the event of any change in ownership, use of your personal information, and choices you may have regarding your personal information, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our website.

Compelled Disclosure

We reserve the right to use or disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, or if we reasonably believe that use or disclosure of personal information is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, the safety of others, investigate fraud, or comply with a law, court order, or legal process.

Usage Data

Cookies

Ortiz Law Firm and our partners use cookies or other similar technologies to operate our website, analyze trends, understand how you and other users are using our website, and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.

Navigational Information

We use Navigational Information to operate and improve our website. We may also use Navigational Information may be used alone or in combination with personal information to provide you with personalized information about Ortiz Law Firm.

Single Sign-On

You can log on to our website using a Single Sign-On (SSO) service. SSO service authenticates your identity and provides you with the option to share specific personal information with us—your name and email address—to pre-populate our sign up form. These services may provide you with the option to post information about your activities on this site to your profile page to share with others within your network.

How to Access, Update, or Control Your Personal Data

Your data protection rights are as follows:

You can request access, updates, corrections, or deletion of your personal information.

You can object to the processing of your personal information or request for us to restrict the processing of your personal information of your personal information.

If we have collected and processed your personal information with your consent, your consent can be withdrawn at any time. Withdrawing consent will neither impact the lawfulness of any processing we conducted before your withdrawal nor will it impact the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us by emailing [email protected] or by mailing 823 E Jackson St, Pensacola, FL 32501. We will respond to your request to update, correct, or delete your information within a reasonable period and notify you of any action we have taken.

Anti-Spam Policy

Our Acceptable Use Policy prohibits us from distributing unsolicited commercial email in violation of applicable laws and requires the inclusion of an opt-out feature and other required information in every email sent.

Unsubscribing From Our Clients' Communications

To unsubscribe from our clients' marketing communications, you can click the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of their emails, or contact them directly.

Contact Information

Ortiz Law Firm
823 E Jackson St, Pensacola, FL 32501

Appendix

The following information can be added to your personalized privacy policy if your business offers goods or services to or monitors behavior of EU-based individuals.

Information for EEA Visitors

If you are a visitor/customer located in the European Economic Area ("EEA"), Ortiz Law Firm is the data controller of your personal information. Ortiz Law Firm Data Protection Officer can be contacted at [email protected]

If you are located in the European Economic Area ("EEA") and visit our site, Ortiz Law Firm is the data controller of your personal information. You can contact our Data Protection Officer at [email protected]

Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. However, we will normally collect personal information from you only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect personal information from you.

The legal basis for collecting and using your personal information depends upon the personal information we collect and the context in which it is collected. Personal information is normally collected only when we have your consent. We may also collect your personal information when we need it to perform a contract with you, when we have a legal obligation to collect it, or when it is in our business interests and is not overridden by your data protection concerns or other freedoms and rights.

If we ask you to provide personal information to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contract with you, we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise you whether the provision of your personal information is mandatory or not (as well as of the possible consequences if you do not provide your personal information). Similarly, if we collect and use your personal information in reliance on our legitimate interests (or those of any third party), we will make clear to you at the relevant time what those legitimate interests are.

When we do ask for your personal information to perform a contract with you or to meet a legal requirement, we will make it clear at the relevant time whether providing your personal information is mandatory. In addition, we will explain the consequences of failing to provide this information. If we collect your personal information for our legitimate business interests, we will notify you at the relevant time and explain what those interests are.

If you have concerns about our use of your personal information and data collection, you have the right to contact a data protection authority. Contact details can be found here.

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